Satellite choice
TEST CRICKET England v Australia, 10am, Sky The Ashes & Main Event
AFTER their World Cup glory, England expects! The first Ashes Test comes from fortress Edgbaston, with Jason Roy unleashed to open the batting for the home side.
GOLF Women’s British Open, 11am, Sky Golf & Mix
WOBURN Golf Club hosts this year’s event, where the British golfer Georgia Hall is the defending champion. Highlights are on BBC2 at 11.15pm.
TEEN MOVIE School Spirits, 4.30pm, Sky Premiere
WITH a cast who will be wellknown to the social media-savvy, this teen-friendly spookfest stars Tiffany Alvord (pictured) as the new girl in a town that’s full of mean girls and ghosts.
CINEMA GREAT The Directors, 8pm, Sky Arts
STANLEY DONEN helmed everything from comedies to sci-fi films. However, as this documentary proves, it’s as a director of musicals that he’s most famous, with classics such as On The Town, Seven Brides For Seven Brothers and the incredible Singin’ In The Rain on his CV.
POLICE DRAMA The Rookie, 9pm, Sky Witness
AS THE bright U.S. cop show comes to a nail-biting close, fortysomething rookie John Nolan (Nathan Fillion) needs to ace his final exam. Meanwhile, there’s the small matter of a potential terrorist attack to deal with. The show has been renewed for a second season.
NEW U.S. THRILLER I Am The Night, 9pm, Alibi
CHRIS PINE reunites with Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins for a tense six-part thriller based on real-life events. Pine (pictured) plays the former Marine-turnedjournalist teaming up with a young woman who is desperate to hit the streets of LA in search of the secrets of her past.
FANTASY SITCOM The Good Place, 9.30pm, E4
SERIES two of the afterlife comedy has been an even more outrageous mix of laugh-out-loud moments and bittersweetness than the first series. And there’s no letup tonight as Eleanor and co bid farewell to the neighbourhood. But where exactly are they going next?
AUSSIE FILM Brothers’ Nest, 9.45pm, Sky Premiere
PITCH-BLACK crime comedy that is unafraid to take the darkest of twists. Director Clayton Jacobson and real-life sibling Shane star as brothers in blood.
LETHAL WEAPONS Man At Arms: Art Of War, 10pm, History
FEW nations can match the U.S. when it comes to TV powered mostly by enthusiasm. That ability gives us series such as this, in which hardman actor Danny Trejo marvels at recreations of blades familiar from film and TV. Here, that focus narrows to weapons native to the Philippines.
HORROR FLICK Us, BT TV/Sky Store/Virgin Movies
A HOLIDAYING family are terrorised by their doppelgangers in this disturbing horror from writer-director Jordan Peele (Get Out), which cleverly dissects the state of American society.